The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-12-08


Arguments were made for the bill b,
Messrs. Bigham and Norton, of Marion
Wilson, of Sumter, and Dubose an,
Kershaw, of Darlington, and against i
by Messrs. Bird and King, of Darling
ton, and Chandler, of WILLIAMSBURG
This exhausted the local discussion. Th,
only two outsiders who took part wer,
DR.. Pope, of Newberry, who favored th,
bill, and Col. Thomas, of Richland, VIII,
opposed it. About two hours were con
sumed in the debate.
| A vote was then taken on the motion
to strike out the enacting words of tn,
bill, and resulted-yeas So, nays 90.
MIR. Chandler, of williamsburg, made
an attempt to get williamsburg ''take1
out" of the bill, but it failed on di
| vision-53 to 40-and tho work O
amending commenced. A good deal O
entangling parliamentary practice wal
involved in amending tho bill, in conse
quenco of the radical character of tn,
proposed amendments to the bill under
consideration and the fact that these
were not printed.
A motion was made to adjourn tho
debate and print the amendments bu
the House refused to do so. A provision
was inserted naming Florence as the
county seat, provided the town will
furnish all the county buildings, with al
additional provisO that if ono hundred
treeholders of the new county shall oh,
Ject then an election shall be held to de-
termine the county scat. The new coun
ty Is to be attached to the 9th Congress
slonal district and the 4th judicial cir
cult. The apportionment of representa-.
tlon IN the Legislature is mado as fol
lows: Florence 2, and Marion, Williams
burg and Darlington each.
After finishing the amendments mo
tlon to table a motion to reconsider the
the vote was adopted. The bill has since
had Its third reading and gone to the
Senate.
THE SALE OF SEED COTTON.
Tho bill to regulate the traffic in sceC
cotton in the county of Abbcyillo at
| tracted some attention. The bill pro
hibiJs traffic in seed cotton without the
payment of q license fee of $500. As soor
as the bill was read dozen members
were on their feet desiring to "get into
the bill. The following counties wer,
added: Sumter, Union, York, Charles
ton, Berkeley, Richland, Edgefield, Ker
shaw, Orangeburg and Chester. Th,
price of license in Charleston and Berke
ley was fixed at $50. Tho penalty for {
violation of the Act is 500 fine and one
years imprisonment. The licenses ar,
to be issued between the 18th Of Angus
and 18th Of December.
AMENDING TIE CRIMINAL LAW.
The House spent the greater part O
three days in discussing the bill to amend
the criminal law. Its object is to sim
plify the forms of indictment, etc., 81
that the loopholes for criminals to es
cape, by reason Of faulty indictment
and through other mere technicalities
should be, as nearly as practicable, re
moved. The bill was finally passed-bu
not without numerous amendments.
PENSIONS FOR SOLDIERS.
Tho Senate bill to give q pension O
So a month to disabled soldiers of th
Confederate army, now resident in thi
State, passed the Senate without an,
trouble. The only amendments adopted
were to perfect details. The pension i
to be given to needy persons only--t
those only whose annual income, from
all sources, is less chan $3.50 year A
q safeguard against imposition, each ap
plicunt must furnish tho affidavit OF
practicing physician, to show that he i
actually needy. The bill has alrcad
received its third reading in the Scnat
and been sent over to the House.
The Soldiers Homo bill, INTRODUCES
by DR.. Pope, has passed its three read
ings in tho House and gone to tho Senate
OTHER MATTERS.
The bill (by Mr.. HudEcns, Of Andel
SOM to limit the rate Of interest to seve
per cent. was killed III tho House by
vote Of IS to 81.
The bill to require the Governor t
appoint one and the same person count
auditor and treasurer was killed in tn
Senate.
A bill to abolish tho Office of Maste
was killed without discussion, and bi
to reduce the salaries of all State Officer
. and clerks was killed by q vote Of II I
%, after speech in its favor by Senate
Talbert.
, Senator McNIOstor's bill to mako I'll
, term of office of the Superintendent
Education four years was killed after
strong speech by the originator.
The engraving of Washington recent
restored to tho State by Gen. Bclkno
0 will Oe hung in the hall of the House
, Representatives. 1t is also probable tn
the Hampton portrait, by Query, pr
I sented to the State by the United Stat
0 Senators, will be hung in tho hall as
: companion picture to the Gordon po
trait.
4 Among the bills introduced were Il
s following:
- BY Senator Byrd, to establish q ne
= county from portions of Marion, w
. o liamsourg, Clarendon, Sumter and DO
. lington counties, to be known as b
II County.
y Representative Secgers of Richlal
# has offered bill which looks to t.
y States working Of the phosphate min
il with cOnvicts. He thinks it wou
# "abolish taxation"
BY Senator Youmans, striking O
IS Sections 595 and 50G of the General ST.
q utes relating to the privilege tax on f'
n tilizers, and substituting others in Ii
n thereof.
Messages were received from the GC
e1nor conveying tho correspondcI
relative TO tho return by Gen. W.
If Bollnap, through Senator Hampton,
le the engraving OF Washington, say
III from the Hail Of Representatives of t
o. old State House, and concerning the g
d of the GucrTV nOItrait OF HamntOn